Associate professor of history at the university of california, davis. Kate masur is a is a professor of history at northwestern. Have been looking at ways to incorporate the history of reconstruction into the National Park Service Sites and they will report what the National Park service is doing. Is ahen, Jennifer Taylor phd candidate right here at the university of South Carolina who helped to develop very impressive exhibitions and tours of the Woodrow Wilson family home, which focuses heavily on the reconstruction era when he lived in columbia. Just by sayingin this littlent in part of reconstruction history whenback to the year 2000 i received a phone call from the secretary of the interior, bruce professor, isaid, have just read your book on reconstruction. I said, that surprises me. I hope he was not insulted. That cap really think and a members had a lot of time to spend reading long history books. Know there are some who do have a strong sense of history. Invited me to washin
It is 45 minutes. Tonights program is the room where it happened, hamilton jumelctions to the morris mansion. As many of you know it is the oldest house in manhattan. Strongy does it have a connection to Alexander Hamilton , but also to George Washington, aaron burr. We are fortunate to have carol ward the executive director of the mansion is our god tonight. She has been there for eight years. She is an art historian who is an expert bringing contemporary art and to this setting. Her book about this mansion is available or sailed down stairs and she will be signing her book downstairs after the program. She will be available for your russians at the time. Please welcome carol ward. Thank you. I wanted to thank the Historical Society and cap me for inviting me. This is a topic that can fill a room. There are cocktails being served the somewhere. I am glad that you are here in the room with me. We are going to talk a little bit about the history behind the musical as it relates to the m
Two or three days in december of 2000. It was a simple thought in the simple mission, to look at the buildings, the landscape, the environment, which was essential reconstruction, potentially with an opportunity to establish some sort of park Service Presence in the area. Consonant today as it was 2016, there are no National Parks services directly associated chronicle and talk about the history of reconstruction. To give you some background, we after the doctor and the secretary of the interior left. Under the Bush Administration we toll continue to sally forth accomplish that task. [laughter] we we recap to partners like the buford, the usc city of buford, the county of buford. We try to make sure that we were casting a wide net. A partnership of inclusion. From the political side we both reached out lyrically until at the congress that represented buford, joe wilson, applied some of the facts of our past and what we hoped to accomplish. We asked for his support and blessing. So, we
The New York Historical society hosted this event. About 45 minutes. Is the room program where it happened, hamilton morrisjumelo the mansion. It is the oldest house in manhattan. Not only does it have a strong connection to Alexander Hamilton. But also the george washington, aaron burr, and manuel valls randa. Have carol ward, the executive director of the mansion has our guys tonight. Key has been there for eight years. It onis an art historian bringing contemporary art into a Historic House setting. Her book about the Morrisjumel Mansion is available for sale downstairs, and carol though the will be signing her book after the program. She will be available for your questions at that time. Please welcome carol ward. [applause] carol thank you everyone. I will try to keep us on track this evening. I have wanted to thank the Historical Society and kathleen and everyone for inviting me this evening. This is a topic i know can fill a room, as its friday night in the summer at 6 30 and th
Of ideas and policies by linking scholarship to issues of concern to washington. Congress established the center in 1968 as the official National Memorial to president wilson. Unlike the physical monuments in the nations capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar and national reader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and policy maker were both engaged in a common enterprise. The center takes seriously the views to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. This series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact between ideas and practice in national and global affairs. In a grateful and inclusive way, we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time that offers explicit or implicit lessons for contemporary or